Bethany & Tom | Mayne Stage

All the world's a stage, but a stage is also a stage. And Bethany and Tom got married on one. When you live your life surrounded by the theater like they do it's the perfect venue - a modern spin on the backyard wedding.

The home-away-from-home Chicago theater they chose was Mayne Stage, a cabaret-style theater in Rogers Park. The whirlwind of a day included stops at Northerly Island to dance along the lakeshore with the majestic backdrop of the Chicago skyline and a quick stop at Lincoln Park to take advantage of the lush greenery we don't often have in late-July.

And then it was off to Mayne Stage for some of the most powerful vows I've ever had the chance to witness. And that first dance - swinging to an amazing reimagining of The Darkness's "I Believe in a Thing Called Love" by Postmodern Jukebox. Whoa.